Cirque De Singularitie

Chapter 4

Time went on. Naruto kept his distance from Kakashi, since Kakashi had a wife. He never forgot what Kakashi said, but he wasn't sure that Kakashi truly loved him and didn't just think of him as a son. One day, about six months later, Naruto came in, shirtless as usual, and dropped off another box. "Here ya go, Bossman."

"Thanks," he gave a small smile, never forgetting what he confessed, having divorced Tsunade because they had gotten into a fight so obviously he has the look of someone who hasn't gotten much sleep lately.

"Bossman, you okay? You don't look too hot."

"No, Tsunade and I...aren't together anymore," admitted Kakashi, not proud of it.

"Damn...I'm sorry Bossman. There were rumors, but no one knew for sure. Anything I can do to help?" Naruto felt sorry for the man, he had always been so kind.

"It's alright," he spared a half-smile. "Not really, but thank you."

"Yea, well..." Naruto shrugged, uncomfortable, "Um, I'll always take a dagger for ya." He blushed, feeling like an idiot, but not liking Kakashi hurting.

"Same for you," he nodded.

Naruto scowled. "You don't need to get hurt."

"It's better than Kurama getting loose," Kakashi scowled back at him.

Naruto walked up to Kakashi. "I can handle Kurama. You don't need to get hurt. You've never done anything to hurt anyone." He was scowling, his face close to Kakashi's.

"I know," confirmed Kakashi, noticing the close proximity between them.

"Good, then let me take the hits." Naruto noticed how close they were and his breathing picked up.

"To an extent I will," teased Kakashi.

"No extent about it...wait...are talking about fighting or something else?" Naruto's face scrunched in confusion.

"Fighting," replied Kakashi. "Unless you wanted to talk about something else?"

"Huh? Uh...no..." Naruto's face blushed a fierce crimson. "No...uh, fighting is good, yep." Wait...Kakashi was single?

"Wait...you're single now?" Naruto was slow sometimes.

"Yes, what about it?" he asked, raising a brow, being patient with him.

"Um...w...well, I mean...when you said...well, I mean, do you look at me like your so...I mean...um." Naruto was flustered.

"I used to think of you as my own, but I came to love you in a different light," admitted Kakashi.

"Like...romantically?" Naruto asked; eyes hopeful.

"Yes," confirmed the silverette.

"So...if I kissed you, it would be okay?" Naruto asked shyly.

"Yes," Kakashi grabbed him gently before kissing him tenderly.

Naruto's knees buckled as he grabbed onto Kakashi, having wanted this for ages it seemed. As their lips met, he knew leaving the arranged marriage was the best thing he ever did, as nothing could feel better than this.

()()()

Outside, Sakura had helped move Tsunade's things out to move in with the acrobats in her old quarters that still are the way she had left them.

Itachi walked up to Sakura after being done moving. "Sakura, could we speak for a moment?"

"Um, sure," blushed the rosette, wondering what he needed to speak to her about, going off with him.

Itachi never forgot the nights Sakura stayed with Itachi as he confessed his feelings for Kabuto...and then the many other nights when he lamented about how happy Kabuto seemed to be with Orochimaru. "Sakura, I wanted to thank you for helping me through a difficult time in my life with Kabuto, but now, I am faced with another difficult time."

"It's no problem. I'm glad to be of help. What's wrong this time?" she asked, furrowing her brows about what it could possibly be.

"I...I understand this may be one sided, but I felt the need to speak to you. I don't believe I can go through this again. I...have started developing feelings towards you. If you don't reciprocate, I understand, but I just need to know so I can protect myself." Itachi stared at her.

Reaching up, she kissed him softly before drawing back to tell him, "I've been having feelings for you for a while now. It's good to know you feel the same."

Giving a rare, genuine smile, he leaned down again. Kissing her gently, he realized that sometimes turning your back on what you thought your future was actually would lead you to a better future.